…there’s a fire and fury raging in that little woman a rage scorching her heart…She has had a story and a great grief that has gone badly with her

—WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (1852)

…a tiny, delicate, little person, whose small hand nevertheless grasped a mighty lever which set all the literary world of that day vibrating

—ANNE THACKERAY RITCHIE (1891)

…talented people almost always know full well the excellence that is in them

—CHARLOTTE BRONTË (1846)